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Hand drawn map showing Cataract Bridge Mill site with Mill Pond and stream by Tom Oldham
Photocopy of the 1836 tithe map showing Longhurst Lane / Cataract Bridge, but no mill.
Original map 'Indicative Masterplan' dated 29/07/04 showing the area of…

Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to Cataract Mill.
1930 : 'Mellor Mill fire' with a photograph of firemen working on the shell of the warehouse at Cataract Mill which had been gutted earlier
1867 : Report on the inability of the culvert…

Full page article from Marple Review Autumn 2004 by Avril Marsh, giving a report with photographs of the closure of Cataract Bridge Mill under the headline " End of an Era"
Photograph of Don Lingard, director and the fourth generation of the family…

Twenty three hand written pages by David England (aged 15 years) as a school project entitled Cataract Bridge Mill, "History Around Us" 1980.
With information on the history of Cataract Bridge Mill, site information, illustrations (both internal and…

A variety of material tracing the history of the site of Cataract Mill on Longhurst Lane, Mellor from its development as a mill to its redevelopment for housing.
(a) Extracts from correspondence from Thomas Oldham to William Jowett, cotton wool…

Original black and white photograph of a stocking knitting machine (handwritten information on reverse states that it was in use in Marple about 1895 at Mr Turners shop on Stockport Road, Marple)
Mr Turners shop on Stockport Road was a…

Material relating to Aqueduct Mill, Marple :
(a) Typed notices of sales by auction:-
1864 by the assignees of the owner of the Power Loom Manufacturer, a bankrupt, the whole of the machinery, office fixtures, stables, etc. at the Aqueduct Mill,…

Several newspaper articles on local businesses:-
1961 "American firm come to Britain" Brooks Instrument Company of Pennsylvania come to Cross Lane, Marple
1966 Arden Dies of Cross Lane, Marple are to make the numbers on the shirts of World Cup…

Newspaper articles relating to Edward Yates & Sons (part of Aeroquip (UK) Limited), Hollins Lane, Marple from the 1960's

Original newspaper cutting with title "Mellor was bigger than Marple in the Conqueror's Day" by Geoffrey H Wells in 1980.
Brief history of the Mellor and Marple areas from 1066 when Marple was part of the land given by William I to his illegitimate…

Three pages photocopied from unknown publication with chapter heading "The Founders of the Cotton Manufacture in Derbyshire" Pages 62, 63 and 64
Paragraphs mention Samuel Oldknow and William Radcliffe.

1. Black and white photograph of Sundial Mill on card, date unknown.. Pencil note says it was behind Sundial Cottages, Moor End.
2. Photocopy of Springwater Mill, Turf Lea (Bone /Madder Mill) in ruins.
(Madder is a plant dye.)

Miscellaneous material relating to businesses/mill in the Marple/Mellor Area : (a) Typed entries in rating book in Mellor Church Vestry Mill owners. (b) Typed document " Varied information" from directories, census (c) Typed document "Valuations of…

Selection of local Business letterheads, invoices and advertisements including James and Richard Jinks Boat builders of Top Lock, Samuel Higginbottom, Edward Yates & Son, Fred Wigley J R Tymm, Collier Bros. H & B Hall, Butchers

Selection of newspaper reports on local businesses regarding floods, fire, bankruptcy etc. from various publications, 1824 - 1901
Typed copies and photocopies of original articles.

Six Hand written notes by Mr Thelwall headed "Industry at Mill Brow and Moor End, Mellor" with map identifying location of mills and industry discussed in the notes.
Undated

Two page typed letter from a descendant of the Colliers of Marple with some information on the Collier family and their possible connection with Chapel House Farm.

Newspaper cuttings in relation to disputes with local businesses and residents.
a. 1875 July from the Stockport Advertiser "Nuisance Randle Taylors Tannery"
b. 1985 Stockport Messenger "Residents Victorious over Factory Noise" at Pressworks factory…

Three items relating to the destruction of Windlehurst Mill.
1908 : Black and white photographs showing damage caused by gale on 22nd February 1908 to Windlehurst Mill, alongside the Macclesfield Canal, High Lane.
1908 : Handwritten report from…

Tom Oldham's research correspondence :-
(a) Letter, 1974, from Jack Jowett to Tom Oldham describing his childhood memories of Cataract Mill built by his father and of other mills in the areaa
(b) Reply from Tom Oldham whose grandfather fitted a…

Three colour photographs showing site of old factory buildings, in 1991, 'For Sale' board and new housing development "Grayston Manor" on Low Lea Road, Marple Bridge.
Black and white photocopies, A4 and on card showing old factory buildings 'Lee…

Three black and white photographs of Tin Plate works taken from left bank of the River Goyt. Date unknown

Typed extract from Historic Industries of Marple and Mellor 1989 giving information on the Tin Plate Works in Marple Bridge, its location at SJ965893, backing onto the River Goyt and the Buck family who ran the business through several generations.

Newspaper cuttings relating to Spade Mill, Marple Bridge dating from 1827 to 2000.
1827 : 'that old established forge formerly carried on by Mr Yarwood, spade maker with a good supply of water 22ft fall, suitable to erect a silk or cotton…

Selection of images of Spade Mill including two pen and ink sketches by Pat Linnell, photographs of refurbishment in 1997, Estate Agent details and postcard.